Recent News About Tim Kaine
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Kaine & Colleagues Urge Navy to Adhere to 31 Amphibious Ships Requirement
On Jun 13, 2023, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Seapower, joined Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and a bipartisan group of his colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) in pressing the Navy on how it plans to meet the required 31-minimum fleet of amphibious ships.
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Warner & Kaine Announce Over $4.2 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Airports Across Virginia
On Jun 13, 2023, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $4,285,652 in federal funding to make infrastructure improvements at airports across Virginia.
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Kaine, Rubio, Cardin, & Hagerty Introduce Bill to Support Human Rights in Venezuela
Bill would direct U.S. to support extension of UN Fact Finding Mission in Venezuela
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Warner & Kaine Announce $17 Million for Improvements to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge & Assateague Island National Seashore
Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $17,744,862 in federal funding to enhance beach access at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and Assateague Island National Seashore.
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Warner & Kaine Applaud Senate Confirmation of Shannon R. Saylor to be the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia
On Jun 8, 2023, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the confirmation of Shannon R. Saylor to be the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia—which operates courts in Alexandria, Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond—for a term of four years
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Rubio, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Confront Nicaraguan Crisis
On Jun 8, 2023, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced bipartisan legislation, which would extend the U.S. government’s authority to impose sanctions on the Nicaraguan regime through December 31, 2028.
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Warner & Kaine Announce Nearly $1.6 Million in Federal Funding to Address Teacher Shortages in Central Virginia
Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,599,645 in federal funding through the Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence program to address teacher shortages by supporting Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) RTR teacher residency program.
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Warner, Kaine & Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Help Streamline Health Insurance Enrollment for Low-Income Families
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 13 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to help streamline health insurance enrollment for low-income families.
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Kaine Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Fentanyl Trafficking into the U.S.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine cosponsored bipartisan legislation to combat the country’s fentanyl crisis by more effectively penalizing those who traffic fentanyl into the United States.
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Warner & Kaine Announce $22,780,000 in Funding to Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands in Virginia
On Jun 2, 2023, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $22,780,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia.
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Kaine Statement Ahead of Vote on Debt Limit Bill
On Jun 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement ahead of the Senate’s vote to avert a debt default
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Kaine Introduces Amendment to Strip Mountain Valley Pipeline Provision from Debt Bill
On Jun 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced an amendment to strip language from the Fiscal Responsibility Act that would greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia, bypassing the normal judicial and administrative review process every other energy project has to go through
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Cardin, Kaine Call on Biden-Harris Administration to Lead Effort to Create a United Nations Special Tribunal to Prosecute Putin and Top Russians for War Against Ukraine
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led the introduction today of a Senate resolution calling on the president “to support the creation of an international special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s unlawful aggression against Ukraine.”
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Kaine Presses USPS to Address Mail Delivery Problems in Virginia
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) to raise an array of frustrating experiences Virginians have faced with their mail delivery service and to press for answers regarding why these persistent issues are occurring and how the USPS will fix them.
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ICYMI: In a CNN Op-Ed, Kaine & Ernst Push for Their Bipartisan Bill to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking
U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA)—members of the Senate Armed Services Committee—wrote an op-ed in CNN.com to push for their Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation that would help address the fentanyl crisis by directing more federal attention to counter fentanyl trafficking.
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Kaine & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Guarantee Paid Sick Leave to American Workers
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined colleagues in introducing legislation to guarantee paid sick leave to American workers.
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Kaine & Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Grow a Well-Prepared and Diverse Teacher Workforce
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine—who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee—joined Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Jesús "Chuy" García (D-IL-04) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05) in introducing the Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth (DIVERSIFY) Act, which would strengthen the Teacher Education Assistance for College and High Education (TEACH) grant program, helping attract more teachers to the field and expand teacher diversity.
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Tester, Marshall, Kaine Introduce Bill to Lower Drug Costs, Hold Massive PBM Corporations Accountable
Senators’ DRUG Act would enable PBMs to charge flat fees for their services by “delinking” the service fee from the list price of a drug
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Kaine & Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Urge Investments to Modernize Marines
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine—Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, which oversees the Marine Corps—joined Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues in urging Senate Appropriations Committee leadership to continue to invest in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Design initiatives, which is the branch’s restructuring plan to modernize and prepare its forces to counter growing threats from China’s military.
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Ernst, Kaine, Bice, Carbajal Introduce Bill to Combat Threat of Fentanyl
Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort Counters National Security Threat of Illicit Drug Trafficking from Mexico